Health

The annual Manipulate Visual Theatre Festival opens today (Monday) continuing until Saturday with a stimulating and eclectic program

 It's back!

10am
The Importance of Magnesium
Andrew Thomas

SPOKES, Edinburgh's long-running cycle advocacy group, is urging anyone who cares about cycling and walking in the city to attend its protest at St Andrew's House against the cuts to active tr

A 5km run - half the length of the BUPA Great Edinburgh Run held in the Summer. The run starts at Holyrood Park and is open to all running abilities over 14 years old. There is a Junior Winter Run of 2.5km road run for runners of all abilities aged 7-13 years old.

Junior runners start at 11am and the rest at 12 noon. Check site for times.

WWF Scotland has accused the Scottish government of taking a "complacent" approach to "dangerous" levels of air pollution in Scottish cities, caused mostly by motorised traffic.

Edinburgh pupils could soon find it much easier to access the internet through a spectrum of devices, ranging from mobile phones, to tablets and laptops, after the council announced that its schools and the majority of community education centres will get Wifi as part of a £5.3 million investment in technology.

This year's Market promises to captivate the whole family: spark your imagination with a visit to the professional storytellers or relax with a complementary therapy and unwind.

Niall Iain, who will be making a solo Atlantic rowing attempt, brings his boat to Edinburgh's Castle Street pedestrian area, just off Princes Street.

After haggis, oats is perhaps one of the food groups most often associated with the traditional scottish diet.

In June, SatNav company Tom Tom issued a news release saying that Britain is the most congested country in Europe. Edinburgh made the top 10 of gridlocked cities.

There are emerging news stories recently that intersect with the situation and events in Edinburgh surounding the Tram project; The object lesson Greece and Italy are providing in the dangers of&nb

You look forward to it all year – the most vibrant, beautiful city in the world becomes a vast jungle of bodies everywhere and not enough room to swing a cat…the Fringe engulfs the city with its myriad of shows and performers all eager to get bums on seats or people gathered round them…even if it is in the most inconvenient of spots to juggle fire.

Natural health gurus share their knowledge and expertise across a variety of health topics including the lowdown on Vitamin D and the secrets of superskin.

With the crucial Council meeting tomorrow (Thursday 30th June) on Edinburgh's Trams the members of the Council are still in the utterly ridiculous situation where they are being denied the facts on which to make a decision concerning what is probably the most complex engineering project in the United Kingdom at this time. Unless they sign a confidentiality agreement they are barred from seeing the figures behind the recommendations - and these figures are so distorted that they have provoked an outcry right across the city.

Following the outcry over the anticipated cost overruns for the crisis hit Edinburgh trams project, Alex Salmond today in first minister's question time called a public inquiry into the project "an excellent thing to do". Salmond and the SNP did not support the trams from the start, and have kept their distance from the project and its ongoing woes, saying it should be dealt with by Edinburgh City Council.

A brand new specialist unit is to be built in Edinburgh to cope with the growing number of people with Autism and learning difficulties.

What nicer way to spend a summer morning than at the beach? The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) will be holding a beach clean at Cramond on Saturday 11th June from 10am-12noon, and all are welcome.

An Edinburgh kebab shop owner has been fined £1350 after cooked beetle larva was found in a kebab sold from his takeaway.

Edinburgh City Council proclaimed a recent "hard hitting" campaign to encourage dog owners to poop-scoop in the north of the city saw complaints drop by 80%.

Up to 12,000 women (and men) are expected to powerwalk the streets of Edinburgh on the shortest night of the year in their decorated bras to raise money for breast cancer research and cancer care.<